Big Data

Abstract

The Internet and Web have been changing the ways in which academics do their work, such as by providing new ways of gathering information and producing knowledge in the social sciences and humanities through the generation and use of huge datasets—‘big data’. Using examples of search engine behavior, the large-scale analysis of text, and micro-blogging, this chapter asks whether big data is just making research easier and faster, or fundamentally changing the nature of research, even the questions that are being asked. It makes a case for big data complementing and enhancing the quality of research in both the sciences and humanities by supporting a more quantitative and scientific approach.

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